WATERBURY -- Elizabeth Esty of Cheshire beat out State Sen. Andrew Roraback, R-Goshen, to become the next representative for Connecticut's 5th Congressional District Tuesday night.

It had been an anxiously close race throughout the evening, with Roraback leading throughout most of the night as small towns went for him. Esty, 53, pulled ahead late in the evening as cities reported big margins of victory for Democrats.

Roraback gave his concession speech to a crowd of supporters at Torrington's Backstage Cafe just after 11:30 p.m., saying he had already congratulated his opponent.

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